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pakistanleadsour overall policy efforts and we are supporting his efforts, ambassador grossman's efforts, to develop all of the different elements of our policies. >> tried to get him here but couldn't. >> okay. so, in other words, you aren't in a position really to answer my question? is that what you're saying? >> yes, senator. i would defer to the special representatives office. >> then would you since the question is to you would you get me a written answer to the question? >> i will, sir. >> thank you. mr. harrigan, what are dea's plans for continued operations should military forces draw down to levels that would not allow adequate support for your operations? >> well, again, co-chairman grassley, i have been in discussions really for the last 18 months with my counter part at the podium here, mr. wechsler, as well as our regional director in afghanistan with the u.s. military and si isaf forces. dea has no intention of drawing down any of our 81 personnel. it would be a bit premature to see right now how the drawdown will impact dea but let me assure you we continue to work with t

pakistan leads our overall policy efforts and we are supporting his efforts, ambassador grossman's efforts, to develop all of the different elements of our policies. >> tried to get him here but couldn't. >> okay. so, in other words, you aren't in a position really to answer my question? is that what you're saying? >> yes, senator. i would defer to the special representatives office. >> then would you since the question is to you would you get me a written answer to the...

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suicide bombing at a political rally innorthwestpakistanthat'sthe latest violence of the taliban stronghold and comes after pakistan has said it could manage without the near billion dollar military aid which america is now holding back it's thought washington's decision is retaliation for islam about expelling over one hundred u.s. military advisers the west pakistan relationships but. since some of bin laden's killing and u.s. drone attacks that killed civilians the white house says islam about is an important ally in the war on terror but that the relationship quote must be worked on over time journalist or a she told me the business is going to be tough to fix i don't think we're seeing any signs that the u.s. officials are really sincere about the relationship. as a relationship between two independents over there would like to work together ten years ago. it was really very hard to find a clean clean shaven pakistan you criticize in the united states it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be some radical extremist but today you have people f

suicide bombing at a political rally in northwest pakistan that's the latest violence of the taliban stronghold and comes after pakistan has said it could manage without the near billion dollar military aid which america is now holding back it's thought washington's decision is retaliation for islam about expelling over one hundred u.s. military advisers the west pakistan relationships but. since some of bin laden's killing and u.s. drone attacks that killed civilians the white house says...

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laden we follow uponpakistan'sdemandthe u.s. shot a drone base. the russian foreign minister has highlighted double standards at the u.n. over the organization's approach to the arab world sergey lavrov says the crisis is in syria and yemen are provoking a vastly different and unjustified approaches that peter all over reports from moscow. mr lavrov was addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me you know he highlighted and says south really where russia stands concerning the ongoing situations in the arab world now he gets outside what he sees as a western desire for regime change in the middle east saying that this was unacceptable and the russians would not support it and the any circumstances he also went on to highlight the fact that this was actually against international law bellman russia feels a little disappointed to say the least about the way. the the situation in libya has progressed russia of course abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention there a very disappointed at the way they se

laden we follow up on pakistan's demand the u.s. shot a drone base. the russian foreign minister has highlighted double standards at the u.n. over the organization's approach to the arab world sergey lavrov says the crisis is in syria and yemen are provoking a vastly different and unjustified approaches that peter all over reports from moscow. mr lavrov was addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me you know he highlighted and says south really where...

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assassinated the u.s. cutting some aidfrompakistanwe'regoing to ask all of that means for now longest war and a new piece of legislation in congress sounds like it's going to save your kids from child pornographers but is a really just a mask for a massive move to force eye is pleased to record your data and take away your privacy julian sanchez is going to join us on that when we have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy hour first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to make. now if you hadn't noticed yet it's summer it's mid july depending on where you live you probably have at least another two months of warm weather to enjoy unless of course you live in california my former home and you get to enjoy perfect weather all year long and get a little better about not no longer getting to enjoy that weather but the point here is that it's summer and what do you know what happens during the summer. it gets hot temperatures rise you should wear shorts drink water wear your sunscreen check your local news the weather channel weather

assassinated the u.s. cutting some aid from pakistan we're going to ask all of that means for now longest war and a new piece of legislation in congress sounds like it's going to save your kids from child pornographers but is a really just a mask for a massive move to force eye is pleased to record your data and take away your privacy julian sanchez is going to join us on that when we have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy hour first let's take a look at what the...

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, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan topreventpakistanfromcontinuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have strong systems and things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground when i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an up credibly well-led military, but in the end that's not enough to substitute for the poor government there is and the institutions provide, and it's like, you know, we're pushing this rock uphill and we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree and it's hard to find anybody to defend president karzai's government. >> guest: that's true too. it brings us back to democratization and that procedure and it will be their own culture, but it's going to be something where the people will have a way to control, change those who are going to run their government, and this is something you can't avoid. when the dictators form and dictatorships are in place,

, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have strong systems and things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground when i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an up credibly well-led military, but in the end that's not...

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look whether it's iraq or afghanistan topreventpakistanfromcontinuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground and a travel to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military you have an incredibly confident will lead military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the government's of the afghan states and institutions provide and and pushing we just never quite get there. it's hard to find anybody -- >> guest: that's true, too. this brings us back to something like democratization and the culture in their view is going to be something where the people will have a way if you change those that are going to run their government. this is something you can't avoid. when the figures for you don't put other dictators in you can put into place the basic institutions and procedures. >> host: he turned back from these issues in the news of the intellectual argument that the core of

look whether it's iraq or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground and a travel to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military you have an incredibly confident will lead military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the...

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is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, topreventpakistanfromcontinuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't have strong response of state. things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground, and i travel often to afghanistan, is to be honest, with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an incredibly confident and well led military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the governance that the afghans and institutions provide. and so it's like, you know, pushing a rock up a hill. we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree. it's hard to find anybody, -- >> guest: that is true. but good governance brings us back to something like democratization. something like that procedure and it's going to be their own culture that will sort of be a jerk to interview. but ill be something that people have a way to control and to change those are going to run their government. and this is something you can't avoid when t

is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't have strong response of state. things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground, and i travel often to afghanistan, is to be honest, with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an incredibly confident and well led military. in the...

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time soon we may say we are but we're not in afghanistan wedestabilizepakistanwestayed too long we lingered too long we've drone strike into the into the pocket proper so we're destabilizing pakistan and it is probably never been so fragile and such a powder keg as it is today and where the principal cause so we're not leaving afghanistan either despite what the president might say to the contrary well then you counterterrorism strategy does will say mean fewer american boots actually on the ground in conflict zones with more drone strikes in special forces raids do you think that this is the right shift in minutes the strategy. was to shift secretary gates put in motion and a lot of people intellectual weight and otherwise agree with i'm a little bit concerned about it because we can't afford to do both that is we can't afford to do preparation for what might be a larger war a more conventional war the usual target there of course is john over taiwan and do this rather sophisticated counterterrorism war which consists of coin drone strikes and so forth as you pointed out we can't

time soon we may say we are but we're not in afghanistan we destabilize pakistan we stayed too long we lingered too long we've drone strike into the into the pocket proper so we're destabilizing pakistan and it is probably never been so fragile and such a powder keg as it is today and where the principal cause so we're not leaving afghanistan either despite what the president might say to the contrary well then you counterterrorism strategy does will say mean fewer american boots actually on...

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pakistanthatkilled hundreds and john rizzo agreed on a list of people to be targeted by drone strikes a practice which started in two thousand and four under the bush administration we're now joined by tara marashi the star of reprieve the campaign group that brought this action against a former cia legal director thanks for being on the program your organization's leading isn't it the charge against him as i just said what kind of results do you expect and you really think will see him behind bars it is that your aim at the end of the day. well i mean the main point behind all of this there were previous hoping to achieve is is to get a measure of transparency out of the obama administration here thus far these drones have been operating in pakistan in the federal peril administrated tribal here in his part time and they've been operating in secret by the cia and they've been killing indiscriminately hundreds of civilians and so the purpose of this is is hopefully to get transparency out of out of the cia and out of obama and to to get some justice on behalf of the victims of these d

pakistan that killed hundreds and john rizzo agreed on a list of people to be targeted by drone strikes a practice which started in two thousand and four under the bush administration we're now joined by tara marashi the star of reprieve the campaign group that brought this action against a former cia legal director thanks for being on the program your organization's leading isn't it the charge against him as i just said what kind of results do you expect and you really think will see him...

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innorthwestpakistanit'sthe latest violence of the taliban stronghold and it comesafterpakistansaidit could manage without the billion dollar military aid which america's holding back now and still washington's decision is retaliation for islam about expelling over one hundred u.s. military advisers the u.s. pakistan relationship has been on the straight since the building in may and the u.s. drone attacks that killed civilians the white house says is i'm about to be put in a war of terror that the relationship must be worked on over time and i saw from a cray she told me the business is going to be tough to fix. i don't think we're seeing any signs that the u.s. officials are really sincere of the new solution sure. as a relationship it depends on them and they would like to work together ten years ago. if it was really very hard to find a clean shaven foxtel you criticize in the united states it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be some pretty stiff but today you have people from the upper classes of pakistan really lead and very very criti

in northwest pakistan it's the latest violence of the taliban stronghold and it comes after pakistan said it could manage without the billion dollar military aid which america's holding back now and still washington's decision is retaliation for islam about expelling over one hundred u.s. military advisers the u.s. pakistan relationship has been on the straight since the building in may and the u.s. drone attacks that killed civilians the white house says is i'm about to be put in a war of...

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it's been usinginpakistan. orgreece was not the only country to be hit by a protests this week as a public sector workers took part in a national day of strikes on thursday hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants are voiced their discontent with the government plans to change their pensions half of the country's state schools were closed and that disruption was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades artie's lore and it has the story. down tools up with industrial action an autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out on happy with the planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less but i kept saying. that if. i work for me it didn't take me back if you take it so that. it changes that i make it a pension or very necessary to fix the way to address it so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things i think. cry and try to teach french is why so much of it is these people do a huge variety of key work from teaches and lecturers to air traffic con

it's been using in pakistan. or greece was not the only country to be hit by a protests this week as a public sector workers took part in a national day of strikes on thursday hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants are voiced their discontent with the government plans to change their pensions half of the country's state schools were closed and that disruption was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades artie's lore and it has the story. down tools up...

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revelation and the uk phone hacking scandal. and a year after floodsdevastatedpakistan, wetalk to the man in charge of the u.n. relief operation. it is 9:00 a.m. and singapore. >> it is 2:00 a.m. in london, broadcasting on pbs in america and around the world, this is "newsday." >>> hello and welcome. rebel leaders in that libya say their military leader, general younes, has been shot dead. the head of the council said he was killed by an armed gang after he was recalled from the front to appear before a judicial committee. >> for many years, younes was firmly at colonel gaddafi's side. when the conflict broke out in february, he was one of the first high-profile figures to defect. though he became the man who led the note rebels' military against colonel gaddafi, it seems he was never fully trusted by the insurgents. some suggest that his presence spearheading their efforts to topple the government deeply uncomfortable. nor was he ever given by the gaddafi inner circle. either way, his death has come under strange circumstances. the chairman of the national transitional council said that

revelation and the uk phone hacking scandal. and a year after floods devastated pakistan, we talk to the man in charge of the u.n. relief operation. it is 9:00 a.m. and singapore. >> it is 2:00 a.m. in london, broadcasting on pbs in america and around the world, this is "newsday." >>> hello and welcome. rebel leaders in that libya say their military leader, general younes, has been shot dead. the head of the council said he was killed by an armed gang after he was...

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libyapakistanyemenand now we have somalia that's right it's being reported the u.s. has already launched drone strikes in somalia is another sign of this creeping shadow wars not that means sorry to break if you go war ultimately leads to destruction and death so instead of incessantly covering a case where one little girl died as her will is that is maybe you can find it in you to just think of all the soldiers that have died or gotten wounded in our wars already how about the civilians maybe you could think of why increasing shadow wars even if the teams are smaller the supposed risk to soldiers is much smaller pop at me maybe you could ask why the hell are we still have so many troops in iraq and afghanistan if your own warfare is because the pentagon's go to hell today three u.s. service members were killed in iraq that means fourteen troops have now died this month in out war bars that supposedly over and that makes this month the deadliest for troops in iraq since two thousand and eight and you want to know some totals of the lives lost at this point or report yesterday br

libya pakistan yemen and now we have somalia that's right it's being reported the u.s. has already launched drone strikes in somalia is another sign of this creeping shadow wars not that means sorry to break if you go war ultimately leads to destruction and death so instead of incessantly covering a case where one little girl died as her will is that is maybe you can find it in you to just think of all the soldiers that have died or gotten wounded in our wars already how about the civilians...

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volatile region on the borderwithpakistankerryvandyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing leaves washington with no one to rely on when it comes to securing the region. it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed a person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the dean the united

volatile region on the border with pakistan kerry vandyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing leaves washington with no one to rely on when it comes to securing the region. it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to you know focus on...

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faith orregardingpakistanandafghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato air we'll bombing in libya is related to american tribe vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they are nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and made to operation but technicalities aside it is not just a turn and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy a very bombing is one hundred percent of nato operation timing off nato operation against libya demonstrated not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between genuine united states of america and its year appear in nato partners. but we'll be back with latest headlines just a couple of minutes and stay tune into on. and to. me. observe nature and discover its beauty. communicate with the wild and. test yourself and become free. see what

faith or regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato air we'll bombing in libya is related to american tribe vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they are nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and made to operation but technicalities aside it is not just a turn and a half wars for the united states...

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pakistanareheating up again washington is suspending aid moneytopakistansowe're going to ask how that move could affect the already poisonous relationship between the two countries will be right that. the official tee up location. called touch from the dumpster. on the. video. smiling. omissions feet now in the palm of your. machine. oh. well there's a field that's growing in the small town of courtside arizona see there is a very sharp divisions there between mayor ed foster the city council. and the police department in the area of the fighting has finally reached the pinnacle with the city now being put under martial law tensions have been growing ever since the city council raised water and sewage rates a first for the area in over ten years add to that a recent discovery that there had been widespread corruption when it comes to mailing out city paychecks and that gives you the back story but let's give you familiar with some of the players here as i already mentioned it we've got mayor ed foster who's fighting the city council the ones that are responsible for raising rates

pakistan are heating up again washington is suspending aid money to pakistan so we're going to ask how that move could affect the already poisonous relationship between the two countries will be right that. the official tee up location. called touch from the dumpster. on the. video. smiling. omissions feet now in the palm of your. machine. oh. well there's a field that's growing in the small town of courtside arizona see there is a very sharp divisions there between mayor ed foster the city...

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direction libya is a possible target it could be syria it couldbepakistanwesimply don't know at this point in time with foreign minister the russian foreign minister after all he's lashed out of what he's called the ambiguity of the form of the u.n. resolution. think that it's a land operation she didn't go through under such misinterpretations. well the nato operation is already flagrantly illegal because of the way they're they're violating let me put it this way the resolution violates the charter and nato is violating the resolution and they've got a sea blockade going here if you go out with your fishing boat here off the coast of tripoli you're going to get a u.s. predator drone come in shoot you up so this is not the protection of civilians it's the attempt to stop civilians nato air power is used to protect. packed full of al qaeda and other terrorists and it's used to attack civilians i've seen homes here where for a fight. little children essentially preschool kids were killed in the middle of the night launched by aircraft from forty thousand feet that is a very cowar

direction libya is a possible target it could be syria it could be pakistan we simply don't know at this point in time with foreign minister the russian foreign minister after all he's lashed out of what he's called the ambiguity of the form of the u.n. resolution. think that it's a land operation she didn't go through under such misinterpretations. well the nato operation is already flagrantly illegal because of the way they're they're violating let me put it this way the resolution violates...

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thing that are going to apologize when you were arrestedinpakistanintwo thousand the. group it's called. helping. young people who have problems with drugs or homeless people who has problems at all they always come from pakistan they have their own fault eighty million members. i think the biggest group. nonpolitical. against war of course and they also hate it. because they are against war but. when i went to pakistan i went to that school. they have each year i guess. between thirty and forty. students who was wisting that school each year. what were the circumstances of your wrist when i got arrested. they didn't told me anything and what's going on they didn't told me. that they're looking for terrorists so there was a set just we don't. going to check your passport a lot i did not know that time was a default bonspiel through some dollars for each person and. not under my name but for anyone who was to him no lots of the americans as a terrorist they would receive through and through some dollars in pakistan a lot of money was not socialism just when i had my first interrog

thing that are going to apologize when you were arrested in pakistan in two thousand the. group it's called. helping. young people who have problems with drugs or homeless people who has problems at all they always come from pakistan they have their own fault eighty million members. i think the biggest group. nonpolitical. against war of course and they also hate it. because they are against war but. when i went to pakistan i went to that school. they have each year i guess. between thirty and...

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of charcoal. the u.s. policy or the leg off a itregardingpakistanandafghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look how the nato aerial bombing in leave there is related to american tries in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a turn a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy at the bombing is one hundred percent nato operation timing of nato operation against libya demonstrated not only of the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap be to be in genuine united states of america and its here opinion nato partners. with the law from moscow it's good to have you with us on that this saturday a quick summary of the headlines coming your way in just a moment. the are. the limits the says the news is.

of charcoal. the u.s. policy or the leg off a it regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look how the nato aerial bombing in leave there is related to american tries in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a turn a half wars...

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pakistanfrombeginning to sell the idea of a two-state solution and they're all within this september of an international state system and we're going in the wrong direction. >> what i see on the ground and i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, you have an incredibly competent military but in the end that's not enough to substitute for the poor governance that the afghanistan paid and the institutions provide. and so we're pushing businesses to walk uphill and we never get there and i'm sure you -- it's hard to find anybody to defend president karzai's governance. >> that's true, too. but good governance brings us back to something like the democratization, something like that procedure and it's going to be their own culture -- but it's going to be something the people will have a way to control, to change those who are going to run their governments. and this is something you can't avoid. when the dictators fall, you have put in place the basic institutions and procedures for getting responsive governance. >> let me turn back from these i

pakistan from beginning to sell the idea of a two-state solution and they're all within this september of an international state system and we're going in the wrong direction. >> what i see on the ground and i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, you have an incredibly competent military but in the end that's not enough to substitute for the poor governance that the afghanistan paid and the institutions provide. and so we're pushing...

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focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resourcesonpakistanyemensomalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals of this change of course to critics i see no difference between and between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west point well it certainly sounds like what the american people would like to hear for the first time ever a majority want u.s. troops out of afghanistan as soon as possible fifty six percent well thirty nine percent want troops there until the situation is stable. as you can see the trend is really flip flopped but what is the reality of obama's plans for troop withdrawal all that thirty three thousand he's calling for is a minority of the one hundred thousand american

focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals of this change of course to critics i see no difference between and between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge...

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campaign, that ishowpakistandescribesthe move against an american citizen arrested in the u.s. this week and accused of working for pakistan. this is the latest in a rapidly deteriorating relationship which was highlighted when the u.s. killed osama bin laden and pakistan. the prime minister is currently in london. my colleague asked if he understood why the u.s. had not told pakistan. >> that is the thing we did not like. >> you understand why? >> they did not want to share their victory with pakistan, they only want to share defeat. >> what they're indicating is that they did not trust the military and your security services to not leak it. >> when we had intelligence sharing with them and the people, the most wanted terrorist of al qaeda, we helped them. there was no reason not to share with us. >> did the isi note that osama bin laden was less than a mile away from your defense academy? >> he had been there for a long time. i want to ask you one question, whether the world intelligence failed? the whole failure of the world. >> did you know that bin laden was there? did yo

campaign, that is how pakistan describes the move against an american citizen arrested in the u.s. this week and accused of working for pakistan. this is the latest in a rapidly deteriorating relationship which was highlighted when the u.s. killed osama bin laden and pakistan. the prime minister is currently in london. my colleague asked if he understood why the u.s. had not told pakistan. >> that is the thing we did not like. >> you understand why? >> they did not want to...

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christians whether it be inafghanistan,pakistanoregypt. and the two questions that i have, how many connections have there been -- convictions have there been over the last several years, do you have any -- and how many occasions do you know where the american embassy has advocated for these cases? generally, when there's a problem, members go to the embassy, they advocate it. how many times has the american embassy participate and been involved in any different cases? >> thank you very much, mr. wolf. there have been, in the 50 cases i was involved with personally, there were two investigations, neither investigation resulted in any legal process, so there are no convictions, um, resulting as of, as of complaints to the effective kidnappings, forced marriages and forced converses of coptic christian women. to my knowledge, also, and according to my research the u.s. embassy has not advocated on behalf of these women. >> one last thing, mr. chairman. as you have this record, i urge you to send it to leon panetta. our military has a very good relationship, in fact, as i think ou

christians whether it be in afghanistan, pakistan or egypt. and the two questions that i have, how many connections have there been -- convictions have there been over the last several years, do you have any -- and how many occasions do you know where the american embassy has advocated for these cases? generally, when there's a problem, members go to the embassy, they advocate it. how many times has the american embassy participate and been involved in any different cases? >> thank you...

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people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a political rally innorthwestpakistanandit's the latest violence in the taliban stronghold and comes off a pakistan said it could manage without the the a billion dollar military aid which america's planning on holding back and still washington's decision is retaliate shouldn't presume about expelling over one hundred u.s. military advisers the u.s. pakistan relationship has been on a strain since the killing in may and u.s. prototypes and killed civilians white house says is now about an important ally in the world tara but the relationship must be worked on over time as photojournalist immigration he says the president says going to be tough to fix i don't think we're seeing any signs that the u.s. officials are really sincere about the solution sure. as a relationship with depends on who's they would like to work together ten years ago . if it was really very hard to find a clean cliched buckstone you criticize in the united states it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be some radical extremi

people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a political rally in northwest pakistan and it's the latest violence in the taliban stronghold and comes off a pakistan said it could manage without the the a billion dollar military aid which america's planning on holding back and still washington's decision is retaliate shouldn't presume about expelling over one hundred u.s. military advisers the u.s. pakistan relationship has been on a strain since the killing in may and u.s. prototypes and...

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leadershipinpakistancomesunder pressure, that it is not able to be defined as a safe haven in somalia. since the fall of the mass -- the last national government in 1991, somaliland both the autonomous areas of somalia, have been the only areas with effective governance. somali man seeks international recognition while it truly does not. the question of whether the united states and international committee for the recognizing somaliland or support it integration into greater somalia at some future point requires ongoing an examination and discussion. consequently, today's hearing offers a viable opportunity to examine u.s. policy on a variety of issues involving somali. now i return to ranking member, mr. payne, for comments he might have. >> thank you very much. i would like to thank you and mr. royce for calling this very important joint hearing on assessing the consequences of the failed state of somalia. and it's a pleasure to see my good friend, mr. royce, acting chair the african subcommittee at some point in the past and has maintained a strong interest as has congressman smith

leadership in pakistan comes under pressure, that it is not able to be defined as a safe haven in somalia. since the fall of the mass -- the last national government in 1991, somaliland both the autonomous areas of somalia, have been the only areas with effective governance. somali man seeks international recognition while it truly does not. the question of whether the united states and international committee for the recognizing somaliland or support it integration into greater somalia at...

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now suing the cia for its drone strikesinpakistanthathave led to civilian deaths don't forget because when you strike something with lethal force there are consequences and although this particular lawyer. has been to the us and many times before the state department has just prevented him from traveling here for a conference on human rights it is not nice and fair and democratic of them it's hypocrisy in the mainstream media just turns a blind eye so that's what they miss. so while the mainstream media is ignoring the ramping up of our air campaign in afghanistan they've also missed another big support the quite frankly makes our military commanders out to be big fat liars last week the un released a quarterly report on the war in afghanistan of the statistics were not pretty violence is up fifty one percent since this time last year so were civilian casualties compared to the spring of two thousand and ten there of twenty percent the number of afghans who've been displaced is up four percent they can remember now more than four hundred and thirty five thousand people so i wo

now suing the cia for its drone strikes in pakistan that have led to civilian deaths don't forget because when you strike something with lethal force there are consequences and although this particular lawyer. has been to the us and many times before the state department has just prevented him from traveling here for a conference on human rights it is not nice and fair and democratic of them it's hypocrisy in the mainstream media just turns a blind eye so that's what they miss. so while the...

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pakistanthatkilled hundreds it is claimed the john rizzo agreed on a list of people to be targeted by drone strikes as a practice started in two thousand and four under the bush administration has talked to fred brown from an american antiwar activists north and get his thoughts about this hi there thanks for being on the program to the layman eight seems obvious that these attacks are often inaccurate because at the end of the day the people who carry them out of doing so by remote control from the us some claim that only the drone attacks kill as many as fifty norm targeted people for each intended target so how does the u.s. justify using these weapons it's claiming that it's only targeting named people who want to do or into the united states but you're saying the only name fifty six people. out of nineteen hundred people most of whom are unnamed but can you prove that can you prove you sure of your facts see it because yes as you say. the u.s. stands by the father is just a fraction of what activists are saying of the number that have been killed well let me quote to you from reu

pakistan that killed hundreds it is claimed the john rizzo agreed on a list of people to be targeted by drone strikes as a practice started in two thousand and four under the bush administration has talked to fred brown from an american antiwar activists north and get his thoughts about this hi there thanks for being on the program to the layman eight seems obvious that these attacks are often inaccurate because at the end of the day the people who carry them out of doing so by remote control...

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. there is being a lot of charcoal about. the u.s. policy or the lack of faithregardingpakistanandafghanistan no less has been said of the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american travel in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and major operation but technicalities aside it is not just a tune and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over alleviate the bombing is one hundred percent nato operation it's timing nato operation against libya demonstrated not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and have been leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the genuine united states of america and its european nato partners. headlines with next in just a couple of minutes stay with us here. of the. on. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has be

. there is being a lot of charcoal about. the u.s. policy or the lack of faith regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said of the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american travel in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and major operation but technicalities aside it is not...

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pakistanleadsour overall policy efforts ande are supporting his efforts, ambassador grossman's efforts, to develop all of the different elements of our policies. >> tried to get him here but couldn't. >> okay. so, in other words, you aren't in a position really to answer my question? is that what you're saying? >> yes, senator. i would defer to the special representatives office. >> then would you since the question is to you would you get me a written answer to the question? >> i will, sir. >> thank you. mr. harrigan, what are dea's plans for continued operations should military forces draw down to levels that would not allow adequate support for your operations? >> well, again, co-chairman grassley, i have been in discussions really for the last 18 months with my counter part at the podium here, mr. wechsler, as well as our regional director in afghanistan with the u.s. military and si isaf forces. dea has no intention of drawing down any of our 81 personnel. it would be a bit premature to see right now how the drawdown will impact dea but let me assure you we continue to wor

pakistan leads our overall policy efforts ande are supporting his efforts, ambassador grossman's efforts, to develop all of the different elements of our policies. >> tried to get him here but couldn't. >> okay. so, in other words, you aren't in a position really to answer my question? is that what you're saying? >> yes, senator. i would defer to the special representatives office. >> then would you since the question is to you would you get me a written answer to the...